Money-purse.



No. 658,394. Patented Spt. 25. I900.

'J. J. PETERS.

MONEY PURSE.

(Application filed Max. 6, 1900.)

(No Model.)

attoam up NtTE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. PETERS, OF LINCOLN, ILLINOIS.

MONEY-PU RS E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,394, datedSeptember 25, 1900.

Application filed March 6, 1900. Serial No. 7,539. (No model-) To ctZZwhom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN J. PETERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lincoln, in the county of Logan and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Money-Purse, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to purses, and more particularly to a combined coinand bill purse in which separate pockets or receptacles are formed forthe coin and bills, respectively; and it consists in the improvedconstruction of parts of the same, as will be hereinafter moreparticularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, in which the same reference-numeralsindicate corresponding parts in each of the views in which they occur,Figure 1 is a plan View of my improved purse closed. Figs. 2 and 3 showthe same partly open. Fig. 4. is a plan of the blank of one part of thepurse, and Fig. 5 is an end view of the purse closed.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates the mainportion of the purse, which is in the form of a long strip with alateral extension or projection 2 near one end. The strip is creased orfolded three times, as at 3, 4, and 5, so as to form four sections, oneof which, 6, is a flap for closing the purse. The sections 7, 8, and 9are of substantially the same width, so that when they are folded theycan be secured by the flap 6, and the section 2 is of substantially thesame size as section 8, from one end of which it projects. The combinedlength of the sections 2 and 8 is substantially equal to the length ofabill, so that when a bill is placed upon them and the section 2 foldedover upon section 8 the bill will be folded across its center and itsends will not project beyond the opposite side of the purse. v

Secured to the inner face of section 7 is the second portion of mypurse, which consists of two sections 1O and 11, one of which, 11, issmaller than the other and forms a narrow flap. The bottom and sideedges of the section 10 are secured in any suitable manner, as bystitching or otherwise, (not shown,) to the section 7, whereby a pocketis formed between the back or outer surface of 10 and the inner face ofsection 7 for the reception of coin. Each of the flaps is provided withthe usual spring clasp or socket 12, one of which engages with a headedknob or pin 13 and the other one with a similar fastener 14 on the backor outer surface of section 8, one of said pins being near one edge andthe other one being near the other edge. Any form of fastener may beused, one portion of which is on the flap and the remaining portion ison the back of the purse.

In using my purse the section 2 is first folded across the section 8 andthe section 9 folded over section 2, and the sections 2, 9, and 8 arethen folded against thesection l0 and the flap 11 turned over andsecured to the back of section 8, which will thus close the bill-pocketexcept at one end, which will always remain open. The flap 6 is thenturned down over the short flap 11 and the section 8 and fastenedthereto, which will completely close the coin-pocket and cover the flap11, thus giving the purse a neat and finished appearance.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that with three shortrows of stitching and two fastening devices my improved purse can beformed from two creased pieces of leather or other suitable material,which may be plain or ornamented, as desired. This makes a cheap, neat,and very convenient purse and one which will be very durable. Ifdesired,a memorandum-pocket can be formed by stitching a suitable pieceof, material 15 to the back of the section 7, as shown in dotted linesin Fig. 4 and full lines in Fig. 5, in which street-car tickets, cards,or other small articles ora memorandum-tablet, as a sheet of celluloid,may be kept. One end of the pocket is left open, and the piece ofmaterial 15 is preferably formed with a notch or recess 16, by means ofwhich access is readily had to the contents of the pocket.

While I have shown what I consider the best form for my purse, I reserveto myself the right to make such changes and alterations as will comewithin the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully-described my invention, what I desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States isp A combined coin and bill purseconsisting of two creased portions, one of which is in the form of stripand is composed of five sections, four of which are in line with'eachother and the remaining one projects laterally from the next to the lastone at one end of the strip, and the last section at the other end ofthe strip forms a flap, and the other portion of' fastener and the backof the section to which [0 the lateral section is secured being providedwith the remaining portions of said fasteners, one near each edgethereof.

JOHN J. PETERS.

Witnesses:

W. L. ATHON, HENRY STRINGER.

